Lifeworth 2001 Review of Corporate Responsibility
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FootnotesLast updated 21st March 2002. Introduction
January - March
For further information, contact Kumar Tiku, UNDP India. Further information from Christopher Wells. Charles Leadbeater (Texere/ LLC, 2000). TXU Europe Sustainability Report 2000. C21. CERES list of completed Corporate Environmental Reports. 'Flowers of India' documentary. Viatru. eWatch. NetCurrents Inc. Cyveillance. IBNet plc. Infonic Ltd. Diageo Media Watch. ILO Business and Social Initiatives database. BBC News 'WTO heads for Qatar' 30th January, 2001. K. Naidoo, in e-CIVICUS 104 (13 February 2001). For more, see: Public Citizen 'Global Trade Watch'. F. Fukuyama, The End of History and the Last Man (Penguin, 1993). Tellus Institute, 'Do Voluntary Mechanisms Work?'. UN website, Secretary General's address to World Economic Forum, 29th January 2001. Royal Institute for International Affairs, 'Governing Multinationals, the Role of Foreign Direct Liability' February 2001. Since writing the 2001 Review, the Cape Plc case has been settled out of court. More information on the Lords' ruling on the case is available at the Leighday; Labournet. UK Home Office, 'Reforming the Law on Involuntary Manslaughter: The Government's Proposals' May 2000. At the time of printing, the Supreme Court has ruled that it will not prevent the case against Shell from going forward. Vietnam Labor Watch; Report on the Working Conditions of Vietnamese Workers in American Samoa and Sweatshop Watch. www.nikebiz.com. Further information on GLIN is available from giannasi@telnet.com.br. UN International Year of Volunteers.April - June
Oxfam's Cut the Cost campaign. Network for Good. Médecins Sans Frontières. Oxfam Policy Papers 'South Africa vs. the Drug Giants: A Challenge to Affordable Medicines' February 2001. South African business leaders estimate that HIV/AIDS will have a massive effect on the local economy. With 4.7 million South Africans infected with HIV and 1,500 more being infected daily, urgent intervention from the private sector and the government is needed, business leaders say. Companies may have to train three people for every job, as the death toll from AIDS is expected to reach 500,000 annually by 2008. For more information, see UNAIDS and Council on Foundations. Oxfam's paper on the TRIPS agreement. GSK reports it is the only company currently involved in research and development for both prevention and treatment of all three top-priority diseases of the WHO: malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. GlaxoSmithKline. Business in the Environment; MORI. 'Terms for Endearment' published by Greenleaf. ftse4good. Lycos News 'Ilisu Activists Damn Protocol at Balfour Beatty AGM' May 2nd 2001. Walden Asset Management and Socially Responsible Investing. Calvert. See World Resources Institute or Calvert. Christian Aid 'The regulatory void: EU company involvement in human rights violations in Sudan' May 2001. Burma Campaign. AccountAbility. Global Witness. US State Department, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, site archive. Novo A/S. Industrial Society, Corporate Social Responsibility. UNEP, 'IISD Linkages'. See Section XIV of 'Environmental Cooperative Agreement between Wisconsin Electric Power Company and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources'. International Chamber of Commerce. CorpWatch (US), UN campaign.July - September
CorpWatch (US). Reports on the preparatory work on diversity are available from Respect Europe. National Association of Manufacturers. US News 'Why it Pays to be Green' 6th August 2001. emission55.com. Guardian Unlimited 'ExxonMobil fights back' June 18th 2001. Hill and Knowlton. Public Interest Research Group, media section. Lifeworth. Sustainable Investment Research International. UNEP Finance Initiatives. www.business-minds.com. Respect Europe. Carnegie Endowment, publications. 'Foreign Policy' 'The NGO-Indstrial Complex'. UNRISD Discussion Paper 'Partners in Time? Business, NGOs and Sustainable Development' press release. UNRISD Technology, Business and Society Programme, Paper 2 'Corporate Codes of Conduct: Self-Regulation in a Global Economy' press release. Jem Bendell's website 'Growing Pains'. Knowledge Resource Group 'Endearing Myths, Enduring Truths: Enabling Partnerships Between Business, Civil Society and Government'. Partnership Brokers forum. See Collaboration Works and Corcom. The Copenhagen Centre, TCC 2001 Conference. World Health Organisation. For further information contact Mr John Maurice, or inf@who.int. Ethical Performance, CSR news. Global Dimensions 'Litigating Corporate Responsibility'. For example, corporate-citizenship@yahoogroups.com. Ethics Officer Association, Business Conduct Management System. Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. www.business-minds.com, 'SA8000 The Definitive Guide'. Human Rights Watch 'Egypt. Underage and Unprotected: Child Labor in Egypt's Cotton Fields'. UN Global Compact.October - December
BBC News 'Boeing profits rise but layoffs loom' 19th October, 2001. Reputation Impact, 'Redundancies: Are Corporations Making Unethical Excuses?' November 2001, Issue 1, p.3. Business Report. UNAIDS, 'HIV/AIDS in Afria' press kit. 'Business Respect' CSR newsletter, 3rd November 2001. SRINews.com '"New World Order" May Turn Out to Be World Interconnectedness' 12th October 2001. List of Global Action Against the WTO. H. Anheier, M. Glasius and M. Kaldor (2001), 'Global Civil Society 2001 (Oxford: Oxford University Press) SF Gate 'Crisis of conscience' 'Corporations are finding social responsibility boosts the planet and the bottom line' 22nd November 2001. Ethical Corporation Magazine. About Christian Aid: international year of volunteers. See: attac international and Tobin Tax Campaign. CSRwire 'Nike Releases First Corporate Responsibility Report' 15th October 2001. CSR Network Limited (2001) 'The State of Global Environmental and Social Reporting: The 2001 Benchmark Survey' (Shrewsbury, UK: CSR Network Ltd) 'Business Respect' CSR newsletter, 1st December 2001. Corporate Social Responsibility, IOS Reporting Website. UNOPS 'Partnership with Yukos Oil' 12th October 2001. David Henderson 'Misguided Virtue: False Notions of Corporate Social Responsibility' 2001, Hobart Paper 142 (Institute of Economic Affairs, London). The Economist 'Curse of the ethical executive' 15th November 2001. Peter Dobers, Associate Professor, Gothenburg Research Institute, publications. George Soros (1998) The Crisis of Global Capitalism (New York, Public Affairs). Ample.